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"Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body."
"My Body, My Soul and I. My body is mine, but my body is not me, My body is an expression of my soul. My soul is mine, but my soul is not me, My soul is an expression of me - for I am."
"One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees."
"Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it."
"Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body."
"Our bodies look solid, but they arent. Were like a fountain. A fountain of water looks solid, but you can put your fingers right through it. Our bodies look like things, but theres no thingness to them."
"Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself."
"When you go deeply into the present, gratitude arises spontaneously, even if it's just gratitude for breathing, gratitude for the aliveness that you feel in your body. Gratitude is there when you acknowledge the aliveness of the present moment."
"I was so horny in school it felt like my body was filled with electricity. I felt like I had neon bones or something."
"Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to your ability to choose. Say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens, then you will see such obstacles as hindrances to something else, but not to yourself."
"The manifest universe is the body of God ... all people are incarnations of the One Spirit."
"...The body is affected by the image of the thing, in the same way as if the thing were actually present."
"My body is a projection of my consciousness."
"All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism."
"Most injuries happen when you're not motivated, too, and you're forcing yourself to do something. Your mind's not aligned with your body and you're just going through the motions. That's when you're most likely to get injured."
"Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it."
"Being able to talk about your body openly is such an empowering thing."
"I'm very happy with my body."
"Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness."
"As it is with the love of the body, so with the friendship of the mind, the full is only reached by admittance to the most retired places."
